Star Citizen Online: Isekai Edition

Chapter 83: Brutal Training (2)

Yet the idea of having someone carrying the legacy of the Godslayer Sword was very appealing to the elderly Highborne Asuryani. His other disciple, Ardyn Tiberrius, who was the Lord Padishah-Marshal of the Eternal Imperium of the Asurya, currently didn't have an affinity for the Godslayer Sword.

As unfrozen as it was, it was a very hard thing to find a suitable successor for his life work, which was a sword style specifically created to kill the powerful Beyonder. Grandmaster Byrmellir created the Godslayer Sword as a means to kill the most powerful Beyonders without using his Psyker Ability, as he couldn't use it during the time he was crippled.

Destruction Authority was a very powerful and volatile Super-High Risk Primal Psyker Ability that was even more dangerous to wield than even Arcturus's Dimension Empyrean by several degrees.

Even when he was fighting, he could use the Destruction Authority for a prolonged amount of time, or else the Super-High Risk Primal Psyker Ability would get out of control and leave him with some severe side effects.

Most of the Super-High Risk Primal Psyker Abilities and Super-High Risk Psyker Abilities were like this, as they were very dangerous even for their user. Some were even more dangerous to the user itself than to the enemy that the user was fighting against.

Though such cases were pretty rare.

Thus during the time that Grandmaster Byrmellir was essentially crippled, he devised and created the Godslayer Sword after traveling the Cosmos as a means to fight even with the strongest and most powerful of the Beyonder with nothing more than just a sword in his hand.

He had to admit that the Godslayer Sword indeed exceeded his expectations, but at the same time, the Sword Style was extremely hard to learn and even harder to master, and not many could even reach the peak of the Novice-ranked Mastery in the Godslayer Sword.

Though as Grandmaster Arsit Byrmellir was observing his disciple doing the shadow training in the Sardau Star Sword, he was more convinced that Arcturus would be able to learn the Godslayer Sword Style and carry on the legacy.

Not to mention, Arcturus's Super-High Risk Primal Psyker Ability was perfect for the Godslayer Sword Style because when he was creating the Godslayer Sword Style, he was doing it with this expectancy scenario in mind.

The ambition of the Grandmaster Byrmellir was to create a swordsmanship style that was not only powerful on its own but could be used together with the Super-High Risk Primal Psyker Ability like Destruction Authority to heighten the destructive capabilities of both and create something even greater.

Because he was essentially crippled right now, he could only predict how much power he would have once he healed himself from his injuries and fused the Godslayer Sword and Destruction Authority together and could use them in their full power.

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[Proficiency with the Skill Sardau Star Sword has been increased by 9%.]

[Proficiency with the Skill Sardau Star Sword has been increased by 15%.]

[Proficiency with the Skill Sardau Star Sword has been increased by 10%.]

[Proficiency with the Skill Sardau Star Sword has reached Level 2 Apprentice - 0%.]

Arcturus spent the next hour or so shadow training after he finished his spar with the Grandmaster Byrmellir. It was less stressful than training with his master, but due to the effects of the Divine Water, he was still able to increase Proficiency in the Sardau Star Sword to the Level 2 Apprentice from shadow training alone.

When he felt that he was becoming tired, he took out a small vial filled with greenish liquid, he stabbed the thing into his arm, and pushed the button on the end of the object, as the greenish liquid entered his body.

This was specifically created as a Genetic Serum that was used to speed up the recovery rate of the body and acted as a heavy stimulus for the organism. Arcturus knew that this brutal training regime he was undergoing was also doing wonders for his physique.

If not for the Delta-Grade Physical Enhancement Serum, most possibly knocking him out for several days, he would have taken it straight away.

Unfortunately, once he took the Delta-Grade Physical Enhancement Serum and evolved his physique to the Delta-Grade, he would be out of commission for at least two or three days.

That would be the time that his body would need to recuperate completely from the Delta-Grade Physical Enhancement Serum. Because the Physical Enhancement Serums were basically unnatural ways of strengthening the Physical Attributes of the body, the body itself would need some time to adapt to it.

It was vastly different from the Body Refiners and other people who pushed their physiques to the limits with sheer training alone and achieved higher grades with their efforts. Arcturus was just depending on the miracles of the most advanced science and gene engineering to achieve the same result.

Even though this was just the second of the training, he already made more progress than during the past month. However, he also noticed that after reaching the Apprentice Level within the Sardau Star Sword, the effects were getting a bit lower.

Most probably, the higher he went with the mastery over any ability and gained a deeper understanding, the further comprehension would be much slower even under the effect of a miraculous object like Divine Water.

That, though, raised a question: what were then the normal rates not under the effects of anything...

When the serum took its effect, and Arcturus was recuperated enough, he was now ready for more training, and it was the time he started learning the basics of the Godslayer Sword, which was the lifelong work and legacy of the Arsit Byrmellir.

He patiently waited for his master to start a rather lengthy explanation about the Godslayer Sword Style that was about to come. Obviously, Grandmaster Byrmellir took his time on this, as he scrutinized his disciple for the time being as he stood in front of Arcturus and held his sword in his hand.

"Now, the basic instruction and description of the Godslayer Sword Style would be that this is a sword style to be used only against the strongest of the opponents. I created it exclusively to be used against Beyonders only, and several of the Euclid-Class Beyonders and even some Keter-Class Beyonders were defeated by my sword, and some of the more unfortunate ones were crippled or killed.

The true essence of the Godslayer Sword Style is the creation of the Slayer Force from the Sword Intent, which is rather an arduous thing to do, but as you reach the limits of Basic Swordsmanship under the Grandmaster Realm, I believe that this should be rather easy thing for you to do."

Grandmaster Byrmellir stated as Arcturus nodded as he could use the Sword Intent basically on the subconscious level. Sword Intent was the basics of the sword masters; once someone reached the Expert Level Proficiency in the Swordsmanship, either Basic one or any Sword Style, they would be able to use their Sword Intent, essentially weaponizing it.

When one reached the Master Level Proficiency in Basic Swordsmanship, they would be able to use the Sword Intent on a subconscious level in every single attack with the sword they made as easy as breathing.

Arcturus, as someone who had Level 10 Master Proficiency in the Basic Swrodmsnaship, was using Sword Intent in every single strike that he made with his sword, which basically gave his swordsmanship unnatural power.

That was also the reason why he was able to defeat and kill many of his enemies rather easily, as he never paid attention. While the rest of the swordsmen needed to consciously channel their Sword Intent and make use of it, either keeping it active or dormant, that was not the case for the Masters.

Masters could use it all the time without any side effects or strain on their bodies because they were already embodiments of the Sword Intent itself. For Arcturus, it was something that he learned only when he started training in the Dojo because till then, he always felt natural in this.

When he first awakened in this world and had his first battles, he never gave this second thought, and he didn't even know that he was using the Sword Intent on the subconscious level, because for him, it just felt right.

"Now, after you condense the Slayer Force from the Sword Intent, you can start practicing the Godslayer Sword Style Mantra and executing the Katas.

One of the big disadvantages is that to execute the full might of the Godslayer Sword Style is to have a continuous supply of the Slayer Force from the Sword Intent, though the good news is that, you can recharge the Slayer Force after you kill more and more enemies and store the Slayer Force within your body with a special method that is part of the Godslayer Sword Style Mantra.

Now, we should start by creating the Slayer Force Seed in your body through the Godslayer Sword Style Mantra."

Grandmaster Byrmellir then showed him the usage of the Godslayer Sword Style Mantra and how to construct the Slayer Force Seed from the sheer Sword Intent.

Creating any Weapon Force Seeds was one of the most challenging things to do because one needed to have a ridiculous amount of Weapon Intent, and at the same time, their Weapon Intent needed to be of the highest quality.

Only a very small number of people could boast of having both of these requirements fulfilled at the same time, and Arcturus was lucky one of the ones that had them.

He keenly observed Grandmaster Byrmellir using the Godslayer Sword Style Mantra and how he congregated the Sword Intent in a peculiar fashion to create the Slayer Force Seed within his body.

Because Grandmaster Byrmellir already had Slayer Force Seed in his body for a good number of decades; he was just imitating the process to show his disciple the correct way of doing the thing.

"Now you can start."

When he heard Grandmaster Byrmellir giving him green, Arcturus did exactly the same thing that Grandmaster Byrmellir had done a few moments ago and guided his Sword Intent in his body to create the Slayer Force Seed.

He had to admit that it was much harder than when he was observing Grandmaster Arsit Byrmellir doing it, but due to the effects of the Divine Water, Arcturus had a much easier time when it came to condensing the Slayer Force Seed in his body.

Soon enough, somewhere in his body, more precisely very close to his heart, the Sword Intent started congregating, and the miniature form of the Slayer Force Seed started taking shape rather slowly.

After several minutes, he was doing exactly everything according to the Godslayer Sword Style Mantra; he created the Slayer Force Seed or at least the starting seed was resembling the Force Seed.

"Hmm... rather good for the first attempt."

Grandmaster Byrmellir remarked as he saw that his disciple was finished with the creation of the Slayer Force Seed.

[Host has comprended the basics of the Godslayer Sword Style.]

[Comprehension of the Godslayer Sword Style has reached Proficiency of Level 1 Novice - 5%.]

[Host has congealed Slayer Force Seed.]

[Slayer Force has been determined to be of Alpha-Grade Quality]

[New Attributre of the Slayer Force Seed has been added to the System Status.]

Meanwhile, Arcturus was seeing several notifications from the Star Citizen Online System, mainly about the Slayer Force Seed that was congealed within his body and the quantity of the Slayer Force was that of the Alpha-Grade.

This meant that he had enough Slayer Force like some Alpha-Grade Warriors would have; this was very good and nothing short of miraculous. Though this didn't mean that he could fight against the Alpha-Grade Warriors, he would be dead faster than he could blink.

It only meant that his Slayer Force was tremendous in amount, and he could fight for long hours and hours. This was mainly the result of him having the Level 10 Master Proficiency in the Basic Swordsmanship.

"Your quantity of the Slayer Force rivals even the most powerful Alpha-Grade Warriors that had Weapon Force Seed. Though you should be careful with this, such a large amount of the Slayer Force could be dangerous to mind if not handled correctly."

Grandmaster Byrmellir stated calmly as he looked at his disciple because Slayer Force was one of more dangerous Weapon-based Forces beucae it could seriously affect the mind of the user.

The Slayer Force was dangerous, and it was inherently destructive and bloodthirsty in nature; the weaker people or those without much willpower could be easily consumed by the Slayer Force.

"When I was creating the Slayer Force, I was taking inspiration mainly from the Killing Intent and its weaponization and Slaughter Aura and its weaponization. Due to these factions, the Slayer Force is heavily influenced by these two aspects, and if someone doesn't have strong willpower, he could be consumed by it and drive to madness."

Arcturus nodded as he was aware that any powerful ability would be without any side effects. He knew that the Slayer Force could be very powerful weapon or it could spell doom for its user.